Karen Stokholm

Brief Life History of Karen

When Karen Stokholm was born on 11 January 1843, in Vestervig, Vestervig, Denmark, her father, Niels Juelby Stokholm, was 34 and her mother, Karen Marie Breinholt, was 24. She married Andreas Carl Eske Bendixsen on 27 March 1866, in Vestervig, Vestervig, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark for about 15 years and Hundborg, Thisted, Denmark in 1916. She died before 1943, in Denmark.

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Family Time Line

Andreas Carl Eske Bendixsen
1832–1902
Karen Stokholm
1843–1943
Marriage: 27 March 1866
Poul Stokholm Bendixsen
1866–1950
Mariane Bendixsen
1868–1950
Christine Bendixsen
1871–

Sources (20)

  • Karen Stokholm in household of Niels Stokholm, "Denmark Census, 1860"
  • Karen Stokholm, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
  • Karen Stokholm, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"

World Events (6)

1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)

The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.

1849

Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.

1914

World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Danish Stokholm: habitational name from a place or farm so named, a compound of stok ‘beam, log’ and holm ‘islet’, denoting an islet with trees or referring to the oblong size of an islet.

Americanized form of Norwegian Stokholm: habitational name from a farm named after Stockholm in Sweden and also from an altered form of the farm name Skotholmen in Hordaland, from skot (related to skyta ‘shoot’, denoting a land formation that juts out) + holme ‘islet’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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